Helping Families Make Informed Decisions About Their Future
When a couple gets married or otherwise decides to build a life together, it is common practice to commingle finances. This often leads to each spouse/partner knowing the couple's full financial situation.However, it is also not uncommon for spouses/partners to keep...
Trust can be one of the first things to leave a broken marriage. This can be especially true in cases involving infidelity -- financial, emotional or otherwise. If trust is lacking in your case, then one concern you may have is the attempt to hide assets.Parties may...
People can do and say a lot of things during a divorce that they might later regret. But hopefully, these regrets are short-lived and incidental.Unfortunately, this may not be the case for people who make hasty or ill-advised decisions regarding their divorce...
Your home is likely the largest asset you have. It can also hold immense emotional and sentimental value. As such, the marital home is often one of the most complex pieces of property parties must address in a divorce.Before you make any decisions about keeping or...
Throughout a marriage, the majority of the assets and debts either spouse accumulates typically belong to both parties. These assets and debts are usually considered to be marital property, and it is the property spouses will divide if the marriage ends in...
During a divorce, people are dealing with a lot of stress and making some difficult decisions. On top of this, they are transitioning from one household into two. Often, one of the main sources of contention and concern during this time is the financial standing of...
Planning for retirement is a decades-long goal, and one that not everyone has the desire or resources to pursue. To complicate planning further, according to a recent survey, a divorce can be almost as hard on your retirement plans as a recession.However, you can take...
Dividing property is typically one of the most onerous steps in a divorce. People are often dealing with painful emotions that cloud judgment and make it difficult to know what is fair. There are also logistical obstacles in dividing property that further...
When people get divorced, dividing assets can be the top concern. Most spouses are scared about losing property they've helped accumulate over their careers, and many people don't know what they will be able to keep.One way to alleviate fears and concerns about the...
Marriage is a major commitment, complete with the phrase "'til death do us part," though it doesn't always last that long. Marriage isn't the only major commitment in life. Business ownership is a long-term investment that needs to coexist with whatever situations...
